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His one positive quality was mendacity. ... He could lie. His style…
Quote byJoseph Furphy · 1843–1912
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Buln-Buln and the Brolga (wr. from 1905; pub. 1946).
English (original)
His one positive quality was mendacity. ... He could lie. His style was ornate, yet reposeful; microscopically exact, yet large and sublime. You could sit down and rest in the cool shade of one of his fabrications.
— Joseph Furphy
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